Most of the biggest names in the Republican Party and thousands of conservatives gathered together at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington D.C. for CPAC 2012, the Conservative Political Action Conference.

The watchdog board for corporate auditors on Wednesday said it has imposed a $2 million penalty, its largest fine ever, on accounting and consulting firm Ernst & Young LLP in a settlement involving past audits of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.

Several neighbors have recently complained that former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who is facing more than 40 sexual assault charges, has been sitting on his back porch watching children at a playground.

Fourteen hospitals from New York, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington, Indiana, Missouri and Florida have agreed to pay more than $12 million to the United States in order to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

The New York Giants and the New England Patriots aren't the only ones ready for Super Bowl Sunday: so are eleven orders of nuns, all determined to fight the surge of underage sex trafficking that accompanies the NFL event each year. The nuns have been prepping for Indianapolis since training camp began last summer, and have one target firmly in their sights: the hundreds of hotel rooms rented out for Super Bowl XLVI.

Attorney General Eric Holder faced off against Republicans on February 2, denying any sort of government coverup of the Fast and Furious operation , the latest in a series of Gun Walking programs that began in 2006 in Arizona.

A proposed settlement to resolve mortgage abuses by top U.S. banks will give states broad authority to punish firms that mistreat borrowers in the future, according to documents seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

Mohammad Shafia -- found guilty of the honor killing murders of his three daughters on Monday -- will keep his millions of dollars in real estate holdings and personal wealth while serving a life sentence.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Friday announced the formation of a task force focused on probing residential mortgage-backed securities following President Barack Obama's call for a unit to probe the finance industry's conduct leading up to the financial crisis.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said President Barack Obama's decision to expand investigations into home lending and sales of mortgage securities could stop settlement talks with the states over foreclosure practices.

President Barack Obama's proposal to allow millions of homeowners to reduce mortgage payments is the latest in a series of federal efforts to aid the housing market, but it faces a number of obstacles.

With Congressional approval ratings mired at historic lows, Obama has increasingly sought to bolster his re-election chances by criticizing Congress as ineffective and paralyzed by runaway partisanship. He invoked that theme in the State of the Union address.

The FBI has arrested three East Haven, Conn., police officers and one sergeant on charges of racially profiling Latinos. When asked what he would do to help the Latino community, East Haven mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. responded, I might have tacos when I go home, I'm not quite sure yet.

President Barack Obama delivered a State of the Union address last night that was heavy on populist themes, highlighting successes from his first three years in office and outlining his goals for the year ahead.